This Thursday marks the premiere of Toronto's Hip-Hop Karaoke night. Brought to you by Never Forgive Action and Earwaks, and hosted by local rapper More or Les (who was interviewed by Torontoist last spring) and local DJs Dalia, Numeric and Ted Dancin', this party promises to be more than your basic karaoke night. First of all, it's hip-hop, so you may want to practice ahead of time or do the track you've known since you......

It's a bitter-sweet day in the hip hop neighborhood as Best Kept Secret, one of CHRY 105.5's longest-running shows, and a true staple of the Toronto hip hop scene, airs for the last time this evening from 6-8pm. Best Kept Secret began 12 years ago, when a post-velvet-catsuit era DJ Dalia was introduced to high school student DJ Venus, who would skip class and sprint to the studio to thug it out on air......

It takes a really good cause to get more than nine of Toronto’s busiest women of hip hop together on one stage in the same night. Tonight is that night, the Rivoli holds that stage, and the good cause is a benefit for the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, as Vanilla Queen Entertainment presents the second annual Ladies Of Urban Sound Against Rape. Providing the emcee/vocalist versatile microphone fireworks are Belladonna, Kaysun, Latté D. Kyd,......